Diaspora voting

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its missions, recently dispatched a circular requesting Kenyans to send suggestions to the Diaspora desk and simultaneously register online as voters.   The Diaspora formerly under the defunct…

The electoral commission has pulled out of a plan to register Kenyans abroad due to suspicion. A taskforce had been set up by Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed to look into the matter. The court had ruled that Kenyans living abroad be…

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 20 – The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says the Court of Appeal ruling earlier this month that it ensures Kenyans living in the Diaspora can immediately vote in all six elective positions is not…

The recent General Election in South Africa has highlighted diaspora voting as the newest frontier of Africa’s burgeoning democracy. Some 26,000 South African citizens living or working overseas were part of a total of 25.3…